Properly run design competitions are a rarity in the UK construction sector. This document sets out why Project Compass believes that design contest procedures can achieve exceptional design value, encourage innovation and delivery high levels of quality without exposing the commissioning client to unnecessary risk. The report makes a number […]
This EU project partnership included French, Spanish, UK, Czech and Italian participants. The project aims to improve opportunities and procedures for all architects, especially young professionals, through better understanding, knowledge sharing and collaborative strategies which address the European design competition system. Research on the common priorities and objectives for public […]
TheFulcrum.eu is an international platform that aims for better & transparent public procurement for architecture via an e-procurement system, based on the ‘Steunpunt system’ as a uniform European ‘golden standard’. The platform is a joint Dutch/British initiative which was first presented November 2014 in Amsterdam. The website TheFulcrum.eu was launched […]
London/Amsterdam | Today the new online European portal The Fulcrum has been launched in The Royal Festival Hall in London. This portal sets out to raise the transparency of public procurement of architectural design services at the European level. The Fulcrum is the result of a joint initiative of the […]
A Project Compass report into the trends in public procurement in the UK construction industry during the period 2009-2014 which evaluates the trends in UK public sector architectural design procurement for commissions that come within the remit of the European Union Directive 2004/14 and its threshold values over the last […]
In nauwe samenwerking met Architectuur Lokaal implementeert Project Compass de systematiek van het Steunpunt Architectuuropdrachten & Ontwerpwedstrijden voor beter aanbesteden van architectuur in het Verenigd Koninkrijk. Onder de kop ‘Will Compass lead the way to work?’ ontdekt BDOnline vandaag ‘how a website from Holland could change the face of procurement […]